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THE NAME

Jack Black Jazz is named in honor of my father, Jack.

He loved jazz, not as background music, but as a way of listening to the world. He understood its patience, its honesty, and its refusal to rush truth.

 

This project carries his name not as a tribute frozen in the past, but as a continuation. Jazz has always been passed hand to hand, ear to ear, generation to generation.

 

This is my way of keeping that line unbroken.

 

The music is not about loss.
It’s about presence.

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Jack Black Jazz exists for listeners who feel the world moving fast and speaking loud and still choose to listen closely.

 

We are a digital jazz collective, creating across borders and time zones, working with musicians around the globe. Some of us have never met in the same room.

 

All of us meet in the music.

 

Jazz has always been a language of survival, adaptation, and truth.
 

We use that language to reflect the present moment not to explain it, not to escape it, but to sit with it honestly.

This is music for late hours, long thoughts, and open minds.
 

For people who understand that sound can carry meaning and silence can carry even more.

I don’t play an instrument.
I stand inside the music and translate what it’s trying to say.

 

What you’re hearing is not perfection.
It’s connection.

 

If you’re listening online, you’re part of the room.

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THE ROLE

Jack Black Jazz is a digital collective by design.
Live performance is by discretion.

 

I appear on stage when the message requires a voice and not by default, not by expectation.

Some nights, the music speaks entirely for itself.
Other nights, words are necessary.

 

This restraint is intentional. Jazz is built on listening. Presence only matters when it adds meaning.

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LIVE PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY

 

When I perform live, I do not compete with the band.
I enter the space between phrases, not over them.

The role is not frontman.
It is interpreter.

 

Each appearance is shaped by the room, the musicians, and the moment. No scripts. No repetition. No obligation to perform beyond what the music asks for.

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HIRE THE VOCALIST

Jack Black Jazz performs with a flexible, collaborative lineup.
 

As the vocalist and messenger, I join live performances when the music calls for a voice.

 

For bookings, live shows, festivals, or collaborations:

Contact: ishhurtadomusic@gmail.com
Please include: event date, location, format, and expected audience size.

All inquiries are handled with discretion to respect the music and the collective.

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